Profile: Twingine

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Friday, June 24th, 2005

Company: Twingine

Location: Norway

What is it?

Twingine was created by Asgeir Nilsen. It was previously, infamously, known as “YaGoohoo!gle”, but after discussions with Yahoo and Google Trademark lawyers, Asgeir changed the name to “Twingine”.

It’s a fun tool. A search yields a two pane results screen with Yahoo and Google results side-by-side.

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Creator:

Asgeir Nilsen

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